Fernando Torres

[Pawelek 1]

Torres did have that nice flick on assist for iva. Ya it was from a corner but still counts. Heres what the reality of the situation actually is.......Torres isnt at his best thats obvious however eevryone around him is doing nothing to help the situation....torres needs to be gettiing quick clever through balls so he can quickly turn and shoot, his pace is not gone anyone suggesting that is an imbecile. Frank is a chelsea legend but lets be honest he was HORRID todayy, at one point whiel watching the game i was like WOW i cant believe hoW slow lampard is........and that applies to most of our current team minus a couple players....also unfortunately times has run out on didier , it is obvious him and torres will never play and have success together and i doubt drogs even wants to...he realizes he is 33 and torres is bought for 50 mil to ultimately be his replacement, do u really think hes happy about that?.........torres needs the season to end have some time off to relax have a solid pre season and adjust to the team whoever it may be run by next season( carlo or someone else) and chelsea definetly need WING PLAY, young blood....ANELKA OUT Drogba OUT MALOUDA OUT. inser young blood like sturridge sign a guy like hamsik or mata or neymar along with a creative cm and you will see FERNANDO tear up the epl next season....i dont doubt for even a second that he will score a ton of goals for us next year.................BLUE IS THE COLOUR

[steve5221 91]

I'm getting really concerned about Torres now, every centre half he plays against seems to have him in thier pocket. He is making no impact on oppostion defences and if we sell Drogba in the summer it will be a disaaster, as like him or not he makes things happen. That said I will reserve judgment on Torres until the end of next season.....

[Madmax 9,219]

I remember two distinct situations yesterday where balls were squared looking for players in the box and he was nowhere to be found. Just not making those runs you'd expect any half-decent striker to make. One was from Anelka and one was from Cole. He looks like he can't wait for this season to end. So do I tbf. Let's hope the summer brings us the answers we need.

[Slam Dunk 1,442]

Let's hope the summer brings us the answers wingers we need.

[Madmax 9,219]

And a non 30 year old creative playmaker as well

[dodojojo 510]

I remember two distinct situations yesterday where balls were squared looking for players in the box and he was nowhere to be found. Just not making those runs you'd expect any half-decent striker to make. One was from Anelka and one was from Cole.

I noticed he's being doing that this season and it can be frustrating to watch but I think it's because he likes to receive it at the edge of the box, see this great goal against West Brom. Obviously he and Kuyt have a pretty good understanding. Maybe it's to do with him preferring to work in a lot of space. Perhaps someone needs to have a strong word and some training sessions on this.

WBA Goal

[Madmax 9,219]

WBA Goal

Ugh it's revolting to see him in that red shirt

I'm a bit surprised tbh, he came on against West Ham and was all desire and passion and wanted to just run and make a difference and after the goal happened I said to myself this is it, he's going to be like this most games now. Not the goal part, the effort et al. Dunno what's gone wrong since then because I seriously thought that would be the boost he was lacking.

[TomCFC 356]

The return to Merseyside.

[Fulham Broadway 16,383]

Chelsea fans, when he was bought seemed more interested in the fact that scousers were having their noses rubbed in it, by prising away their most valuable asset, rather than what was actually being purchased for £50 000 000.

The £50 000 000 question now is....... .........Is he a summer away from setting the football world on fire and spearheading a younger more dynamic Chelsea, or will he be the ultimate transfer bust ?? and the phrase '' Doing a Torres'' enter the Oxford English Dictionary as the new term for an expensive flop ???

[Tomo 21,681]

Chelsea fans, when he was bought seemed more interested in the fact that scousers were having their noses rubbed in it, by prising away their most valuable asset, rather than what was actually being purchased for £50 000 000.

The £50 m question now .........Is he a summer away from setting the football world on fire and spearheading a younger more dynamic Chelsea, or will he be the ultimate transfer bust ?? and the phrase '' Doing a Torres'' enter the Oxford English Dictionary as the new term for an expensive flop ???

Im going to stick my head out and say the former, give him a pre season and a full break he will come good, he is far too good an act not too. We must KTF with him, i still to this day think Sheva would have shined in 08/09 but we got rid of him

[zolayes 14,489]

Im going to stick my head out and say the former, give him a pre season and a full break he will come good, he is far too good an act not too. We must KTF with him, i still to this day think Sheva would have shined in 08/09 but we got rid of him

agree about sheva ,,,hope Torres doesn't become Chris Sutton .mark 2

[Fulham Broadway 16,383]

Im going to stick my head out and say the former, give him a pre season and a full break he will come good, he is far too good an act not too. We must KTF with him, i still to this day think Sheva would have shined in 08/09 but we got rid of him

Would like to agree, and maybe next season he will get himself together -even if it is the latter hes going to have to bang away a hell of a lot of goals for the price to look credible

[Guest Homer2Chelsea]

OK, so because of Torres' piss-shit form for a while, it has seen Rafa Benitez, Roy Hodgson and Carlo Ancelotti lose their jobs.

[Fulham Broadway 16,383]

OK, so because of Torres' piss-shit form for a while, it has seen Rafa Benitez, Roy Hodgson and Carlo Ancelotti lose their jobs.

Good way of looking at it -or conversely Rafa would still have been at Liverpool, Hodgson at Fulham ...but maybe the writing was on the wall for Ancellotti anyway

[.sum41 229]

And a non 30 year old creative playmaker as well

Josh McEachran.Young and smart.

[Term-X 7,891]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G3P7qu6lpI

[Tortilla9 390]

OK, so because of Torres' piss-shit form for a while, it has seen Rafa Benitez, Roy Hodgson and Carlo Ancelotti lose their jobs.

Rafa rode Torres hard and put him away wet during his time as manager. He was so reliant on Torres (and the owners wanted him to play) that Torres was rushed back from injury time and time again. Rafa was out at LFC because Stevie and Carragher wanted him gone (because Rafa said Carragher was getting old and slow) and Purslow caved in. Combined with Rafa going to war with the owners, Rafa prepped his own sack.

Roy is out at LFC because the team, not just Torres was sh*t, AND the LFC faithful never wanted Roy. Once Rafa was gone they wanted Kenny and unless Roy went undefeated he was never going to be good enough.

Carlo is out because ????? Inability to get Torres and Drogba to work together? Maybe. Inability to get Torres going? Maybe. Team slipping down the standings Nov/Dec? Maybe.

I'll be the first to say the Chelsea version of Torres is nothing like the Liverpool prime version of Torres. To blame him for getting 3 managers the sack is a stretch though.

[dodojojo 510]

Torres, 22 goals out of 32 games in 2009-10. Really poor form eh? Not his fault that when he couldn't play and I mean really couldn't play, as in groin strain and 2 knee surgeries, his backup was David Ngog. Yeah, Torres' fault for not being a better director of football and owner of Liverpool and bringing in better players. He finished that piss poor season with 9 goals in the final 7 games to at least get Liverpool to the EL semi-finals. Where they promptly did nothing without him. Yes, it was an awful season for Liverpool, but I wouldn't go blaming it on Torres' form. And how is he responsible for the injuries? Unless he fell drunkenly off a bar stool at a casino...

By the way, that awful season? 63 points. King Kenny bringing Liverpool back to life? 58 points. If Roy had stayed, Liverpool would have been on course for 53 points. An improvement yes, but not quite the miraculous recovery portrayed in the press. And when a EL place was on the line? Two loses out of two.